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#2401
smelling the roses
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Looks like everybody's already gone to work. I should do the same. One more morning with the chainsaw.
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Nah. I last used the gizmo maybe 2 or 3 years ago. I wanted to see my max HR so I could set appropriate zones. I got up to 192 or so which is pretty high for my age. I did get slight tunnel vision due to the tachycardia-induced hypotension, this is the point where your blood pressure drops because your heart does not have enough time to fill between beats...but I am not worried about any imminent asplosion.
I once finished a college XC championship and collapsed with overwhelming vertigo and had to be helped out of the chute. I ended up holding onto the grass with both hands to keep from falling off the earth and crawling to the team van. Good times. I wish I’d had HR monitoring for those races.
#2404
Should Be More Popular
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#2405
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BTW the Saturn's annual inspection is due next month. I have my fingers crossed that any necessary repairs/maintenance will be low cost. Mrs datlas has made it clear that she does not want to sink too much money into a car that's worth only a few hundred bucks. Sad!
#2406
Mostly Harmless
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Yeah it's raining here too. It's supposed to stop and then temps plummet. Timing is key, I am hopeful that there will be enough time for roads to dry so that ice is not a problem for tomorrow's planned ride. I don't care that the temps tomorrow will be 24, I DO care if the roads are icy.
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Of course.
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I joke. I push myself to the point of tunnel vision and a funny parasympathetic bowel and bladder feeling a few times a month with no ill effect. Sadly, I can’t get my HR over 168 or so, anymore. Used to go like a motor.
I once finished a college XC championship and collapsed with overwhelming vertigo and had to be helped out of the chute. I ended up holding onto the grass with both hands to keep from falling off the earth and crawling to the team van. Good times. I wish I’d had HR monitoring for those races.
I once finished a college XC championship and collapsed with overwhelming vertigo and had to be helped out of the chute. I ended up holding onto the grass with both hands to keep from falling off the earth and crawling to the team van. Good times. I wish I’d had HR monitoring for those races.
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#2416
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It's 5° in town.
edit: oh, wait - it warmed up to 11°
edit: oh, wait - it warmed up to 11°
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Best of luck.
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My pup's whining woke me at 3:15 due to an urgent diarrhea event this morning. I promptly got dressed to let her out of the crate and usher her outside, because no matter how early it is, getting up to let her out is WAY better than cleaning poop out of a crate.
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Fixed.
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#2423
So it is
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Word. Socks don't even have to match....
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Zwift intervals don't quite give me the post-ride analysis figures that TrainerRoad did (and now TR has gone much deeper, from what I gather, but I'd not be making much use of that, anyway), but that's really a secondary concern. The main thing is having decent workouts available and the metrics on-screen (I'm a simple man). In that regard, Zwift is good enough. The graphics/courses are occasionally a nice distraction, but it's really neither here nor there most of the time. Maybe I'll join a virtual group ride sometime, but if that never happens it's a-okay, too.